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ThisisDouglasReeman's30thnavalthriller.Itistheyear1941.TotheresidentsanddefenceforcesoftheCrownColonyofHongKong,thewarinEuroperemainsremote.Eventhemassivebuild-upofJapaneseforcesontheChinesebordercannotdenttheircarefreeoptimism.Yetonemansuspectsthetruth.Lieutenant-CommanderEsmondBrooke,captainofHMSSerpentandaveteranofthecruelAtlantic,seesalltooclearlythefollyandincompetenceofHongKong'scolonialadministration.ToBrooke,attackbyJapanseemsinevitable.But,inwar,therewillalwaysbesomewhoattempttheimpossible,eveninthefaceofdeath.Thisisthestoryofoneshipandhercompanywhorefusetoaccepttheanguishofdefeatandsurrendertoamercilessenemy...